Talk:StarBase 118 Deck Layout

Deck Ranges

I calculated the deck ranges, to give us a better idea of where things are. My method was simplistic: I took a graphic of the starbase, and then sized it to 935 pixels high -- the same # of decks on the base. Thus, I had a representation of the base where each deck is 1 pixel. (BTW, I removed the towers and the "platform" underneath them when I counted the decks, as well as the antennas on the subspace array. I assume that the towers and their platform would be +1 type decks.) I then placed guides at the bottom of each "section" of the base and found the pixel on the Y axis that this corresponded to. That pixel then became a deck number. --Wolf /^{talk page} 18:47, 26 June 2006 (CDT)

There is a section below the engineering area, but above the subspace array, that is not sized on either of the representations [1] [2] of the base sections. So, I assumed that this section was a "lower habitat area," thus the second set of ranges for the habitat area. --Wolf /^{talk page} 18:50, 26 June 2006 (CDT)

I happen to have a copy of Jackill's Starfleet Reference Manual (vol. II), which has the spacedock-style starbase in it. It's not canon, but I thought you might be interested in what it says, if only for another point of view. I can provide a scan if desired. But, in text, the sections are:

• A1 - Administration (the towers)
• D1 - Drydock (which include the Drydock and Admin sections in sections.html)
• H2 - Habitat (matches up exactly to the upper habitat section)
• H1 - Lower habitat (the Commercial section, which is also listed as being a completely open dome with landscape inside)
• I1 - Interface section (immediately below the lower dome.. included in sections.html's Commercial)
• R2 - Research (sections.html's Engineering)
• I2 - Interface section (The little bit at the very bottom of Engineering)
• R1 - Research (What you are referring to as the lower habitat section)
• C1 - Communications (Subspace Array)
• C2/C3/C4 - Communications towers (three different variants of towers)

Personally, I like the idea of there being a research section, if only because I wonder what on earth the engineers would do with a sizable percentage of the station dedicated to their craft. Although, research facilities could easily be inside the engineering section. Just my thoughts.. --RogueGypsy47 21:13, 26 June 2006 (CDT)